caught some olympic swimming finals action while i ate dinner tonight. in particular, the men's 4x200m freestyle. canada came 5th, but it was a trip seeing Brian Johns swim the 2nd leg, and during the poolside interview after. i still remember when i raced against this kid when he used to swim for the richmond racers. i think i beat him a couple times back in the day...i wonder if that counts for anything now? lol i could recognize his face, his features still look the same, but he's shaved his head (used to be a curly, dirty blonde kid), kinda looks like the guy from that movie Powder. what a trip! aahh...this prompts another "blast from the past":
(swimming for the Killarney Gators at the '95/96 BC Provincial AA Championships on the Island)
August 18, 2004 - Wednesday
- started training the new girl (shaney) @ work today
-hung out w/ calla, alex, vin, & dave tse, met up at metropolis, went to eat/chill @ cactus club across the street
August 19, 2003 - Thursday
O_o .....
August 20, 2003 - Friday
here comes the weekend!...what'd i do today? uy...honestly no clue...o yeah shaney finally got her workstation set up in the office, so i don't feel so awkward/bad now when it's slow at the office n i'm on msn n she's got nothing to do. now we can both keep ourselves "occupied" hahaha
Saturday, August 21 2003 - runaround...
morning: went to see the doc, got a referral to see the specialist dude from GF Strong, dr. travlos, just to get an update on the progress goin on up there in my noggin'.
afternoon: inspired by the olympics on tv, decided to go for a swim to get some exercise. lol, i'm no michael phelps, but i guess i can still swim like a turtle.
night: dropped by andrea's first, for the triple bday bbq (ann, jas, jacq), chilled there for a bit n sampled the various food offerings...then off to Hell's Kitchen for helene's bday dinner n a quick mini-reunion to catch up w/ some of the temp ppl. riaz, eric, phuong, venetia, ange, etc...it was cool. eric's playin' offensive tackle over in Halifax (this dude's like 6'5", 320lbs), n Lana's been cooking at Lumiere's for over a year now. impressive...that place was recently voted Restaurant of the Year in Vancouver Magazine. mmmm...another place i've definitely gotta go check out now. neway, after a few hours at the restaurant, we decided to migrate over to Crush. later on, i made my way back to the bbq (just in time to catch the last bits of dessert!), ended the night off there, after having to tell the infamous "chicken caesar salad @ #9" story about 3 friggin' times.
August 22 2004 - Sunday
- went to church in the morning, no sunday school so we went to chill @ Wendy's (mmm...new chicken strips, good)
- went to take mugshots for passport photo's today
- friggin' $85 to renew my friggin' passport, to prove i'm a friggin' Canadian?!?! that blows...
August 23 2004 - Monday
weather's gonna be dreary this week, guess that means summer's coming to an end. uy...less than 3 weeks till i must return to the 'loo. at least i get to collect a cple more pay cheques before then. my "to-do's" before i head back:
- eat gelato (thursday night?)
- eat more jap food (gotta go to hapa at least once)
- go up the grouse grind @ least once (next week?)
- more beach (weather permitting)
- trip to Fat City (Sept. 2)
- see Dr. Travlos @ G.F. Strong
..and...i think those are the major ones. nyeh...it's monday morning right now. work is slow...i'm bored outta my mind...my ass hurts from sitting. go away. i'll start picking my nose now.